Environmental Law No.9 of 2009 amending some provisions of Law No.4 of 1994 on Environment. Pays/Territoire Égypte Type du document Législation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Air et atmosphère, Environnement gén., Eau, Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Planification environnementale Institution Éco-audit Autorisation/permis Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air Déchets dangereux Normes environnementales Substances dangereuses Couche d'ozone Lutte contre la pollution Infractions/sanctions Pollution sonore (de l'environnement) Politique/planification Normes Protection de l’environnement Aire marine Déchets solides Eaux continentales EIA Gestion des déchets Pollution des eaux douces Aire géographique Afrique, Méditerranée, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Afrique du Nord, Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden Entry into force notes This Law enters into force the day after its publication in the Official Gazette. Résumé This Amendment consisting of 5 articles emphasizes the link between environment and development and deals with: the environmental protection of costs through an Integrated Environmental Management of Coastal Zones; the establishment of a supreme committee responsible for examining applications for registration of practitioners of environmental activities, as well as applications for accrediting experts and consultancy firms in the environmental field; rules for decontamination to be carried out by the owner of an establishment whose activities produce hazardous waste; exhaust, heavy smoke or noise exceeding limits. Articles 19–22 stipulate that an Environmental Impact Assessment should be prepared for development projects as a condition for obtaining the license. The Law also includes standards for air emissions, noise emissions, handling of hazardous materials and hazardous wastes, and management of excavation and construction wastes. The amended Law is more strict in banning: hunting and interventions on the local flora and fauna; collecting, possessing, transporting, or offering to sell kinds of fauna and flora fossils as well as trading in all endangered living organisms of fauna and flora species or their breeding or planting in sites other than their natural habitats without obtaining a license from EEAA; trading, using in industry, importing or possessing illicitly Ozone Depleting Substances in violation of the national and international Laws. Art. 47 Bis establishes a Supreme Council for the protection of the river Nile and waterways from pollution. Penalties for those who violate the provisions of Law are strengthened. Texte intégral Arabe Site web www.ausde.org Références - Législation Amende Law No. 4 of 1994 on Environment. Législation | Égypte | 1994 Mot clé: Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air, Substances dangereuses, Institution, Fonds spécial, Lutte contre la pollution, Planification environnementale, Normes environnementales, Monitorage, Collecte de données/déclarations, Autorisation/permis, Enregistrement, Déchets dangereux, Pollution sonore (de l'environnement), Santé publique, Pollution par les hydrocarbures, Radiation, Politique/planification, Normes, Protection de l’environnement, Loi-cadre, Législation de base, Pollution de la mer, Risques, Évaluation/gestion des risques, Pesticides, Déchets solides, Eaux superficielles, Élimination de déchets, Gestion des déchets, Pollution des eaux douces Source: FAO, FAOLEX